נִינְוֵהNîynᵉvêh
proper name [of a location]: Nineveh, capital of Assyria (Genesis 10:11; Genesis 10:12; 2 Kings 19:36; Isaiah 37:37; Nahum 1:1)
Pronunciation: nee-nev-ay' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5210
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 10:11 From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
- Genesis 10:12 and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).
- 2 Kings 19:36 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.
- Isaiah 37:37 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.
- Jonah 1:2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”
- Jonah 3:2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).